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WASHINGTON — Savannah State’s Rashad Hassan scored 16 of his 25 points in the second half, and the Tigers’ defense held Howard to just one field goal during the final 15 minutes and 50 seconds en route to a 52-42 victory over the Bison on Saturday afternoon.

SSU (12-9, 6-1 MEAC) won its seventh straight game.

Hassan, a senior forward, made 8 of 12 shots and all eight free-throw attempts. He also sank a 3-pointer.

PEMBROKE, N.C. — Armstrong Atlantic State University senior Aric Miller scored 41 points, the most by a Pirate since 1991, but it was not enough as North Carolina Pembroke picked up a Peach Belt Conference men’s basketball victory.

The Pirates fell to 11-7 overall and 7-4 in the PBC with the loss, while UNC Pembroke improves to 14-7 overall and 7-4 in the league.

Miller hit 14-of-25 shots from the floor, including 3-of-8 three-pointers and 10 of 15 from the free throw line en route to his career-high 41 points.

COLUMBUS — No. 20 Armstrong Atlantic State opened up the season with a pair of wins at the PBC-SSC Challenge, on Saturday. The Pirates downed Florida Tech, 9-1, in five innings and blanked Florida Southern, 3-0.

Shelby Duffled had a solo home run and went 3 for 3 in the first game and Brittany Cooley had a three-run homer for AASU in the second.

Pitcher Megan Barnwell earned both wins.

GOLF

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Armstrong Atlantic State women’s golf team is in fifth place after firing a first-round 306 on Saturday at the Tusculum/Kiawah Island Intercollegiate at Cougar Point Golf Club.